The release date for the English version of 'The Sea' by
John Banville is Aug 2006. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
John Banville introduces us to Max Morden, a middle-aged Irishman who has returned to the coastal village where he spent his childhood summer vacations in order to deal with the sudden death of his wife, in this brilliant story about love, sorrow, and the erratic power of memory. It is also a return to the location of his first encounter with the Graces, the wealthy family who introduced him to the unusual suddenness of both death and love. This elegiac, exquisitely written story, one of the best we have ever read from this great writer, revolves on what Max learns about the past and its lasting impact on him."